postpartum recovery

I’m 16 months P.P in March and I’m still exclusively breastfeeding. My LO doesn’t drink cows milk at all yet. Anyways I felt like I gained a significant amount of weight, about 15 lbs after giving birth. I’ve been working with a nutritionist and trainer for about 5 months being super...

Hey - I am 2 weeks c-section postpartum. I’ve always had a fit lifestyle. After the surgery - I have not been able to connect with my core. So much so that easy tasks feels like huge stress. My body is extremely tight right now. Idk what to do. Somebody please tell me what to do and is it...

My baby is three months old. I am the heaviest I have ever been at 5”0 and 155lbs. Pre pregnancy i was 110-115. I had two babies 21 months apart so I try to give myself grace (both C-sections) but I’m so frustrated and sad and unmotivated. He only contact naps so I’m on the couch the majority...

7 weeks ago I had my first born via c-section because he was large, posterior and I couldn't dialate past a 5 and he was in distress after 23 hours of trying to get more dialated. Anyways, that was traumatic on its own, then I tried to breastfeed in the hospital and he just wasn't getting enough...

Looking for advice from some veteran moms here. I have a… unique challenge in front of me. My best friend is getting married 9 weeks 5 days after my due date, and I’m a bridesmaid. I called local tailors and it sounds like size alterations will not be practical on the timeline that I’ll be...

I’m exclusively breastfeeding right now but without breastfeeding my TDEE is at 1,752. Do I add the recommended 300-500 additional calories to factor in breastfeeding? Also, if my macros are 40/30/30 (carbs/fat/protein) does that need to shift if I’m breastfeeding? I am constantly under...

Hey ya'll, just wanted to post a quick follow up to an earlier post. Pelvic floor and postnatal physical therapist Michelle Benoit, shared with me some of her principles for helping moms develop a personalized program for working with DR at home. Her three Cs of Connect, Control and Challenge...

(TW: ED) Hey guys, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter 3 months ago and have not lost a single pound since. I was 168lbs when I went in to give birth to her and I’m 168lbs sitting her writing this. I did lose about 10 lbs immediately after giving birth, but I gained it right back within the...

Hello all! In need of advice. Baby #2 is almost 5 months old! Ever since I gained my college freshman 15 (20 cough cough). I have been sitting pretty steady at 143. With both kids, I got up to 165 or so but very quickly plopped back down to the magic 143. In terms of BMI, that 143 has always...

Just wondering how long postpartum your stomach began to look similar to before pregnancy. It’s fine if the answer is “never” 🥲 Answers most helpful from those years postpartum, i.e. don’t say never at 3 months pp 😅 For context, I’m 6 months pp, back to prepregnancy weight, workout as much as...

I need some advice and maybe some encouragement. I’m two months postpartum with twins. I had a C-section, and I have been feeling so disgusted with myself. It started with me just hating my body, but now I just think I’m the most hideous thing ever. I look in the mirror and just hate...

I know breastmilk is Made from the fat and protien of your bum but I've been eating more protien than ever and training glutes 3 days a week for 3 months with no success. It will usually randomly look great for a day or 2 and then deflate over the next few days and repeat cycle. My 4.5 month old...

I had my baby in January of 2021. He was 9.3lbs, I started at 130lbs pre-pregnancy and by the end was 190lbs. I had a C-section. Once I was approved to start running (8 weeks PP) I started working out. I lost some weight after having the baby but when I got to 157lbs my weight loss stopped. Ever...

Hello everyone! Let me know if this is inappropriate or unwanted but I've started making videos on my YouTube and they are primarily geared towards postpartum moms and weightloss as that's where I'm at in my life right now- I started at 215lbs and I'm currently 195lbs, I plan on trying different...

I am 7 months PP. I gained 14.5 kgs overall (height 5’1 and pre pregnancy weight was 60 kgs). My first trimester was bad so I lost 2-3 kgs in the first trimester. But afterwards I gained steadily in the second trimester. It was my third trimester where I gained the most. Anyways after delivery...

So long story short we had a (welcome) surprise pregnancy almost immediately after I recovered from an abdominal surgery which has come back to haunt me in the last few months. I am 16 months PP. Apparently my abdominal muscles splitting in half to house a fetus before they could fully heal...

Hi everyone? Please tell me Im not alone in this journey ! This gives me anxiety 😭 I deliver my baby last october 15 ,2020 after I deliver my baby my blood pressure rise they didnt tell the range of my blood pressume because they think it will give me stress more and panic, gave me magnesium...

I am still on & off bleeding 23 weeks postpartum…I delivered via c section & slightly tore myself with my 2 year old at 3 weeks PP. Sometimes it is a huge gush like soaking my pants out of nowhere of not bleeding for a week or sometimes it is just heavy brown blood spotting…. I had a hematoma...

Hey all! FTM here who had to have an emergency c-section. It’s been 3 weeks, and I’m feeling almost 100%, my incision is healing nicely, but I’m still experiencing quite a bit of tenderness/burning feeling on my skin down there. It isn’t the scar itself, that’s basically numb, but the skin on my...

Ugh I just need to vent. I’ve been literally the same weight since I lost the initial bunch immediately postpartum. I exercise 3x/w, eat well and it’s just STAGNANT. I’m EBFing, and this is my third so I remember that I’m likely to stay this weight until I stop BFing as this is how it went w the...